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United States Patent | 6,169,949 |
Sato | January 2, 2001 |
In a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission, a road surface gradient estimation block for calculating a road surface gradient and a target vehicle speed value decision block for deciding a vehicle speed according to the road surface gradient are provided. During a vehicle running, when the road surface gradient becomes larger than a stored judgment value, a target vehicle speed is prepared in accordance with a vehicle speed at a time a road gradient value exceeds over an establishment value, a transmission ratio is controlled to have the target speed. Accordingly, a drive force in response to the road surface gradient can be carried out without a change-over of a transmission mode by a driver himself.
Inventors: | Sato; Kazuhiko (Hitachioota, JP) |
Assignee: | Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP); Hitachi Car Engineering Co., Ltd. (Hitachinaka, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 287136 |
Filed: | April 7, 1999 |
Apr 07, 1998[JP] | 10-94237 |
Current U.S. Class: | 701/51; 477/107; 477/115; 701/54; 701/87; 701/94 |
Intern'l Class: | G06F 017/00 |
Field of Search: | 701/51,54,87,84,85,94,80 477/107,108,110,115,121 |
5558596 | Sep., 1996 | Adachi et al. | 701/57. |
6029107 | Feb., 2000 | Sato | 701/58. |
6067494 | May., 2000 | Noda et al. | 701/54. |
Foreign Patent Documents | |||
63-57953 | Mar., 1988 | JP. |